资格英语-托福分类模拟题练习十五.doc

资格英语-托福分类模拟题练习十五.doc托福分类模拟题练****十五Passage1SocialReadjustmentScalesHolmesandRahe1developedtheSocialReadjustmentRatingScale(SRRS)[T|tomeasurelifechangeasaformofstress•[ ,respondentsareaskedtoindicatehowoftentheyexperiencedanyofthese43eventsduringacertaintimeperiod(typically,thepastyear).Theperson[B] 1TheSRRSandsimilarscaleshavebeenusedinthousandsofstudiesbyresearchersallovertheworld. 1Overall,thesestudieshaveshownthatpeoplewithhigherscoresontheSRRStendtobemorevulnerabletomanykindsofphysicalillness--andmanytypesofpsychologicalproblemsaswell(Derogatis&Coons,1993;Gruen,1993;Scully,Tosi&Banning,2000). 1Morerecently,however,expertshavecriticizedthisresearch,citingproblemswiththemethodsusedandraisingquestionsaboutthemeaningofthefindings(Critelli&Ee,1996;Monroe&McQuaid,1994;Washington,2000).First,(Turner&Wheaton,1995).Thus,itseemsprudenttoviewtheSRRSasameasureofdiverseformsofstress,ratherthanasameasureofchange-relatedstress(McLean&Link,1994).Second,,whiledivorcemaydeserveastressvalueof73formostpeople,,manyoftheeventslistedontheSRRSandsimilarscalesarehighlyambiguous,leadingpeopletobeinconsistentastowhicheventstheyreportexperiencing(Monroe&McQuaid,1994).Forinstance,whatqualifiesasntroublewiththeboss11?Shouldyoucheckthatbecauseyou1resickandtiredofyoursupervisor?Whatconstitutesalfchangeinlivingconditions11?Doesyourpurchaseofagreatnewsoundsystemqualify?Asyoucansee,theSRRSincludesmany11events11thataredescribedinadequately,,thusloweringtheirreliabili